Game Changer
What would you do if you were forced out from the place you thought safest into the places you fear the most?
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Blue Peter Book Awards 2015 – Winners Announced
Read more: Blue Peter Book Awards 2015 – Winners AnnouncedMore than 200 children from ten schools across the UK have decided … The Blue Peter Book Awards for 2015 have been announced. Hugest congratulations to Pamela Butchart & Andy Seed. The short list was chosen by a panel of judges including Liz Pichon, Michael de Souza, The Bookseller journalist Anna James, and non-voting chair of judges,…
Blue Peter Book Awards 2015
Read more: Blue Peter Book Awards 2015The shortlist for the Blue Peter Book Award 2015 has been announced by celebrated author Michael Morpurgo. View the winners of 2015 here. It’s now time for children themselves to decide who the winners will be. Over 200 children will be reading and voting. The results will be announced on Blue Peter during World Book…
Dandelion Clocks
Read more: Dandelion Clocks‘I feel nothing inside, just a big, empty hole – and I hope it stays like that because the idea of feeling anything is unbearable.’ Tough themes have been a recurring themes in many novels during the past 18 months in particular. Think The Fault In Our Stars by John Green and A Monster Calls…
Guest Post: Natascha Biebow… The Crayon Man
Read more: Guest Post: Natascha Biebow… The Crayon ManPick up a Crayola crayon (not an i-pad, a smartphone or a mouse). Yes, do! Any colour. Which one do you like best? (For me, Periwinkle Blue.) Did you know that the man who invented them was inspired by nature? Yes, he had a garden full of beautiful flowers (and vegetables) by the sea. He…
CBCA Book Awards 2014 ~ Shortlist
Read more: CBCA Book Awards 2014 ~ ShortlistDrumroll pleeeease!! The CBCA Book Awards shortlists for 2014 have been announced. They provide a great vehicle for highlighting some great Aussie talent – don’t forget to have a browse of the notables too (there are some great ones in there). Exciting to see a self-published book come into the New Illustrator Category. How cute…
Blue Peter Book Awards 2014: Winners Announced
Read more: Blue Peter Book Awards 2014: Winners Announced“If happiness is usually the size of a tennis ball, my feelings are the size of Australia!” … this was Tony Robinson’s enthusiastic response to today’s news! Tony Robinson has beaten off the competition to win himself his second Blue Peter Book Award for Best Book with Facts, with the WWII instalment in his Weird…
Ketchup Clouds
Read more: Ketchup CloudsKetchup Clouds from Annabel Pitcher, is a stunning follow up to her highly acclaimed inaugural novel… My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece. Ketchup Clouds featured in The Waterstones Children’s Book prize 2013. Zoe is riddled with guilt. She needs to confess. She can’t confide in her parents, the truth is too awful. A search on the internet leads her…
The Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2013: Shortlist
Read more: The Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2013: ShortlistThe Waterstones Children’s Book Prize is in its ninth year. Run by a UK based bookseller its aim is to ‘reward and champion new and emerging talent in children’s writing.’ The award itself is divided into three categories – Picture Books, Fiction 5-12, and Teen Books. Each of those category contains six fabulous books – we’ve listed…
Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Medal Shortlist 2013
Read more: Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Medal Shortlist 2013The shortlists are out for both the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Carnegie Medal 2013!
CBCA Awards 2012 – The Winners
Read more: CBCA Awards 2012 – The WinnersWinners announced … Looking for some reading inspiration? Take a look out our top picks from The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) short list, 2012. Click on the links for full reviews and our on line price comparison! The CBCA have announced the winners and honour books for each short list in each of the five categories. In…
I often hope to find interviews with Margaret Wild who fascinates me and whose work I adore. Thoroughly enjoyed this…